‘Trainwreck’: One Nation forced to clarify housing plan
One Nation's most prominent figures have scrambled to clarify details of the party's housing policy after a senator stumbled through a "trainwreck" interview.
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A teen accused of carrying weapons onto a Jetstar plane before attempting a hijacking may become the first child to face trial accused of planning terrorism.
A 36-year-old Bruce man has been charged with almost 70 violence and sexual offences following an investigation into allegations made by multiple women.
Pet businesses and owners are on notice after authorities seized about $200,000 worth of exotic cockroaches from a single breeder.
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Is the US right about Australia’s anti-slavery tariff?
Australia is facing a new 12.5% US tariff over anti‑slavery claims. Human rights expert JUSTINE NOLAN asks if they are actually right.
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Geoffrey Thomas, aviation’s trusted voice, dies aged 74
One of the world's most respected aviation journalists, Geoffrey Thomas, has died in Perth after a short illness, ending a career that made him one of the most recognised commentators on aviation safety, airlines and aircraft technology.
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ACT cost-of-living support schemes hard to access, audit finds
Vulnerable Canberrans may be missing out on ACT Government concessions, rebates and social support because schemes are advertised, assessed and administered inconsistently, a new Auditor-General’s report has found.
Police have released new images in an effort to identify the woman they believe allegedly made death threats to a bus driver in Bruce last year.
A once-thriving children's television industry that shaped generations could collapse due to mounting financial pressures and a lack of investment.
Women in the regions will be able to save themselves what can be a long trip to the doctor's as pharmacies become eligible to prescribe the contraceptive pill.
A man who gained worldwide fame by tackling a gunman has been accused of putting his father in a headlock amid a family dispute.
The government is brushing off claims large tax reforms in the federal budget are being raced through parliament too quickly.
The ACT Government will spend $364 million over four years to deliver 450 new public housing dwellings as part of a new Public Housing Pipeline program.
Sections of Commonwealth Avenue will be closed and traffic reduced to single lanes in June to allow construction work on Light Rail Stage 2A.
ACT Liberal MLA Chiaka Barry has denied threatening fellow Liberal MLA Leanne Castley during a meeting last month, saying any concerns were addressed immediately at the time.
An unlikely political alliance could put the government's contentious changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount in jeopardy.
Rebecca Vassarotti has returned to the ACT Legislative Assembly as the Greens member for Kurrajong, following the countback triggered by former MLA Shane Rattenbury’s retirement.
A federal government bid to keep "classified" information written by Bruce Lehrmann in his diary has been labelled as bizarre in court.
An 80-year-old woman has been charged over the death of a four-year-old boy following a collision at Southlands Shopping Centre in January.
